Rick Roemer

Professor of Theatre

Areas of expertise

Acting, Directing, Musical Theatre

Rick Roemer is Professor of Theatre at the Sarofim School of Fine Arts at Southwestern University. He came to SU from California where he was Director of Theatre for Antelope Valley College. After receiving his doctorate in Theatre History/ Theory/ Criticism and Directing from UCLA, he stayed on to teach and direct at UCLA. Rick has directed over 30 productions and as an actor has appeared on Broadway, off-Broadway, in national tours, regional theaters, day-time soaps, and commercials.

1994-1995Personal Assistant to Mel
Shapiro:Assisted the Tony award winning
directing and acting coach on two books: An
Actor Performs and The Great American Directing Book.In
addition, I also was the dramaturg on his full-length play, The Wings of
Casanova.